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Upload image from URL - El Forum - 07-13-2012
[eluser]cyberjunkie[/eluser]
Is it possible to use the File Uploading Class to upload images from a URL? I'm trying to use a callback but it expects a file to be selected from the computer.
In callback
Code:
function _url_upload($str) //$str is text input value, a URL string
{
// Failed attempt, trying to load file from URL
$img = file_get_contents($str);
$_FILES['userfile'] = $img;
$config['upload_path'] = "./uploads";
$config['allowed_types'] = 'jpg|png';
$config['encrypt_name'] = TRUE;
$config['overwrite'] = FALSE;
$config['max_size'] = '800'; //in KB
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
if (! $this->upload->do_upload())
{
//set file errors
$this->form_validation->set_message('_file_validation', $this->upload->display_errors('', ''));
return FALSE;
}
else
{
return TRUE;
}
}